The Senior LPGA Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the

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. It began in

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and the first event was played at The Pete Dye Course in

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. The minimum age is 45. Despite the 2015 announcement by the

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that a

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would be added from 2018, for competitors aged 50 or over, the eligibility for the Senior LPGA Championship and the Legends Tour remained to be for female golfers age 45 and older, meaning not all Senior LPGA Championship players are eligible for the U.S. Senior Women's Open.

Winners

References

External links

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Coverage on the Legends Tour's official site
{{Golf Legends Tour Women's golf tournaments in the United States Senior women's major golf championships Recurring sporting events established in 2017 2017 establishments in Indiana